Ko Ni

Ko Ni (11 February 1953-29 January 2017) was a prominent Burmese lawyer and a senior adviser to the National League for Democracy.

Biography
Ko Ni was born in Katha Township, Sagaing Division, Burma on 11 February 1953, and he acquirred his bachelor of arts from Rangoon Arts and Science University in 1975. Ko Ni became a lawyer, founding the Laurel Law Firm and becoming a prominent barrister; he would become a legal adviser to the National League for Democracy and an activist for interfaith relations, constitutional change, and human rights as an ally of Aung San Suu Kyi. On 29 January 2017, he was murdered at Yangon International Airport after returning from a trip to Indonesia.